Translated and edited by Gwyn Jones and Thomas Jones
Everyman, Feb 2001, 17.00, 259 pp.
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ISBN: 0375411755
To be honest, this reviewer who studied classic literature in several college classes never heard of this Welsh anthology collected during the fourteenth century. The book contains eleven tales translated into English short stories that link Welsh myths and medieval life in Wales with a world of fantasy. Fans of King Arthur (who appears in several tales) or Beowulf will fully enjoy the tales that divide into three sections with each one very colorful while providing the life of a bygone era by bards of a later but also bygone period. Different, but quite good for readers who enjoy Celtic legends. THE MABINOGION will definitely entertain this select audience.
Harriet Klausner
The review of this Book prepared by Harriet Klausner
